For reasons still mysterious to me, U.S. President Donald Trump continues to praise and defend Russian President Vladimir Putin. Just yesterday, in an interview with Bill O’Reilly on Fox, President Trump affirmed his respect for Putin. A more worrisome interpretation, however, is that Trump admires Putin’s policies and ideas, and may even seek to emulate his method of rule. Few at the time in Russia or the world fully understood Putin’s political agenda. Just like Putin, Trump and his team have labeled as enemies protesters, journalists and members of allegedly “terrorist” nations.

Source: Washington Post February 06, 2017 17:39 UTC